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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 




OS© JecoeiiS. 



Ji^oss Je^eiiS. 



ELIZABETH BORRODAILE. C> A"^ 



So//ie brightening shado^vs each dark hour brings, 

And e'en to the wintry hour, there clings 
Some type of brighter and lovelier things. 
Fairer to be. 



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HAKD & PARSONS: 
NEW YORK. 



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Copyright l886, 

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Hard & Parsons. 






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NATURE ADORNED. 



>^BE, every s[;rub and Ice-clad tree, 

i^eems now a treasure-f^ouse to be, 

kj\ costly jewels blazinn brlgl^t 

Witti da^^linp, many-colored lial^t. 
(^o-day, may every aem impart 

KA mirrow d bnol^iness to your l;eart. 



Elizabeth Horrodaif.f. 



WIN TER FL O WEKS. 



""""^^QPTLY down from \\)Q cold aray sl?y, 
Wn \\)Q wit!;erina air, tl;)ey flit and fly, 
I'\es1in9 anywhere, tbere tr^ey lie, — 

(^be feathery flowers. 
Dorn on \\)Q breatl; of \\)Q wintry day, 

Qeavesand flowers and aems are tr;ey, 
nresb and fain as t^e c^ay array 
yf tbe sunlit bours. 



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BRILLIANT GEMS. 



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j"^ 0W beautiful tpy frosty morn, 

Wl;en brilliants aevn eac[) feat[)ery tl^orn 
now fair tny cloudless noon ! 

cJncI l9rou^l; tpe leafless trees at ni^l^t, 
Wrib more tbon Rummer s softened ligrjt 
^l;ines t^y resplendent noon. 

Barton. 



SNOJl'-STARS. 



TP ERE delicate snow-stars, out of tl;8 cloud 
oome floatino downward in airy plav, 
Qil?e spanales dropped | rem \\)Q glisteninn crowd 

(^r;at wpiten by nial/f tl;e milby way ; 
■(^bere broaden and burlier masses fall ; 
^\)Q sullen water buries tl^em all ; 
Plabe after flabe, 
oil drowned in tl;e darb and silent labe. 



Dkvant. 



SA'OJr AND ROSES. 



I'i&RE are snows m December and roses in June, 
U^Qere s aarr,^ness at nniclniobt and sunshine at noon 

Out were tl;ere no sorrow, no storm cloud or ram 
W90 d care for tr^e morrow with beauty aaain? 

(^I}e world is a picture botr; aloomy and brigl^t, 

Wnd anef is lb© shadow, and pleasure tr;e ligbi", 

KjiwCi neitb&r sbould smolber tbe 9eneral tone, 

Hor wbere were tbe o1ber, if eitber were aone'V 



Chas, G. I, eland 



A WINTER ROBE. 



^^ROM every mountain s towenna r;ead 

O wl^ite and nlistenina robe is spread, 
C^s if a melted silver tide 

Were gusl^ina down its lofty side. 

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Ond marl? tl-;e l;eavens reflected alow 

^n many an icy plain below, 
C^nd wl^ere ll^e streams with tmblina clasrj 

C^gainst tl^em frozen barriers -dasp, 
Qil;;e fairy lances fleetly cast, 

^l^e alittenna ripples burry past ; 
Qnd floating sparkles alance afar 

Qibe rivals of some upper star. 



W. n. C). FKAnonv. 



BRIG HI' TREASURES. 



IS \A;nler s lubilee : tl-;is day 

Mer stores tf^eir countless treasures yield ; 
^ee 90W il;e diamond alonces piay, 

on ceaseless bla^e, from tree and field. 



y kXo'^ of riature ! witb wbat migbt 
yf beauty, sbovvered on all below, 

(^9/ ciuidina power would lead aricibt 
Qartb s wanderer, all tby love to bn 



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Andrews N(ii;to.\ 



FALLING SNO IV. 



^' IS winter, yet tbere is no sound 
cllona \\)Q am, 
yf winds upon tl^eir baltie around, 

idut aently tl^ere, 
^pe snow IS falling, all around. 
Mow fair, 90W fair ! 

(^r;e locund fields would masquerade ; 

nantastic scene ! 
(^ree, sl^nub and lawn and lonely alade 

Have cast tl^eir careen, 
cind lomed tpe revel, all arrayed 

^o wr)ite and clean. 



Ralph Hovt. 



THE SNOWDROP. 



(n^-LREADY now \\)Q ^nowdrop dares appear, 

%^\)Q first pale blossom of \\)Q unripened year ; 

Os nlora s breatl;, by some transfonmina power, 
Mad c[;anaed an icicle into a flower: 

ats name and f^ue tl^e scentless plant retains, 



Ind winter linaers in its icy veins. 



Mrs. Barbaui.t. 



SUNSHINE ALL THE YEAR. 



^-^UNNY [}ours m every season 

Wait \\)Q innocent: — 
^l}ose wl;)o taste wit[? love and reason 

W[)at tl^eir fcrocj [^ati? sent. 
(i^Qose W90 neiti^er soar too bial^ly, 

Kor too lowly fall, 
neel tl^e sunny days of winter, after all I 



D. F. Macakthv. 



A NOTE OF PRAISE. 



^ TERNAL rower! from wl^om tl;ose blessings flow, 

C^eacb me still more to wonder, more to l?no^/. 
^eecl-time and t'orvest let me see anain. 

Wonder ttie leaf-strewn wood, \\)e frozen plain ; 
LSet t^e first flower, corn-wavina field, plain, tree. 

Here round my l;ome, still lif i mv soul to ^bee ; 
Oind let me ever, midst tU bounties, raise 

cin bumble note of tbcnl^fulness and praise. 



Ror.ERT P.l.OOMFIELD. 



JEWELS. 

^'HE crystal sl^Ine of Winter is clear and cl^aste 
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OS pearl, 
Os tl^e slpinnmenna rows of pearls tpat droop from 

\\)Q ice-bound sprays ; 
yp a dazzlina oleam of sunlial^t lool?s down tl^ro 

tr^e toss and wrjirl, 
Ond tipe cold wfjite crust is sl;iivered witr? a 

tl^ousand diarnond rays. 



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